Industrial use-cases like motion control need more than just Standard Ethernet to achieve the level of synchronization needed to achieve top performance.
POWERLINK is a field proven Real-Time Ethernet solution that is used by customers for more than a decade now. Whether you are looking for building your own embedded controllers (PLCs, HMIs, sensors, actuators, etc.) or you are looking at integrating your system into an existing POWERLINK network, open POWERLINK offers an absolutely reliable and fully open source path to success.
All existing reference designs of POWERLINK that are open source also offer easy interoperability and potential future migration path to OPC UA TSN
| Features | Open Source | Standard | Premium* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stack Bundle | OpenPowerLink | Soft real time BKC | Hard real time BKC |
| Certification | ❌ | Certifiable | Certified |
| Architectural Consulting | ❌ | Remotely | At Site |
| Configuration Tooling Support | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Functional Safety Management | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Release Upgrades Handling | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Customized Extensions Support | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Post Go-Live Support | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Multi Level Support | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Hardware Optimization | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| Personalized Stack | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| * Premium customers, usually prefer starting with consulting engagements and architecture design workshops. where we start with the detailed specification of the product and evolve an architectural design while working closely with the customer. | |||
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